BREAKING: Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Fatally Shot at His Home After Confronting Armed Thugs — Here’s What We Know

via the blaze: A veteran Texas sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot early Monday morning after confronting two armed burglars at his own home north of Austin.

Police said Craig Hutchinson, a sergeant with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, was shot in Round Rock, 15 miles north of Austin, around 1:30 a.m., KXAN-TV reported. According to the station, Hutchinson called the Texas Department of Public Safety at around 1:22 a.m. when he saw the suspects running around his backyard.

We just got this photo. Sgt. Craig Hutchinson. 32 years at Travis County Sheriff's office. Shot and killed. RIP pic.twitter.com/M34mHmkGyr

Officers arrived at Hutchinson’s house 10 minutes later to discover he had been shot in his backyard and that equipment had been stolen from his shed, Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton said at a press conference on Monday morning, according to KVUE-TV.